Morgan Spurlock's latest nonthreatening documentary fails to find much point in its subject: men's grooming. The many interesting characters in the manly grooming community provide some entertainment, but the comic, transitional bits between these profiles, featuring executive producers Will Arnett and Jason Bateman, are more often stilted than funny. And though a cynical Judd Apatow and a dismissive Adam Carolla offer different opinions on what it means to be a man (according to Western culture, that is), they don't offer much insight into the central topic of "manscaping." The film presents little in the way of historical or cultural recap, and barely discusses the concept of sociological gender performance. It's more about gawking at "professional beardsmen" (sportsman + beard), shaved wrestlers, and metrosexuals getting their eyebrows threaded. I wanted this documentary to have the balls to tell it like it is; instead it's the movie equivalent of a bad hair day.

REVIEW: GREEDY LYING BASTARDS | March 06, 2013 Not just another environmental movie about how we're killing our planet and ourselves, Craig Scott Rosebraugh's documentary focuses on the political manipulation of the debate, both nationally and around the world.

REVIEW: BULLET TO THE HEAD | February 05, 2013 Veteran director Walter Hill's return to the screen looks, sounds, and feels like an '80s action movie beefed-up for modern audiences with heaping helpings of messy blood squibs.

REVIEW: 2012 BRITISH ARROW AWARDS | November 21, 2012 These British imports come from varying corners of the marketplace, from phone companies to soft-drink makers, and seek to appeal to international jet setters, the child in all of us, or even to the daring bit of ourselves that would like to piss off Chef Gordon Ramsay.